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Hänsel und Gretel

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Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House New York City, New York, 10023, United States

Dates/times in New York time zone

Programme

Humperdinck, Engelbert (1854-1921)

Hänsel und Gretel

Libretto by Adelheid Wette

Performers

Metropolitan Opera
Sir Andrew Davis	Conductor
Richard Jones	Director
John Macfarlane	Costume Designer, Set Designer
Ying Fang	Soprano	Dew Fairy
Michaela Martens	Soprano	Gertrude / Mother
Aleksandra Kurzak	Soprano	Gretel	2014 Dec 18, 23 mat, 27, 30 mat
Adriana Churchman	Soprano	Gretel	2015 Jan 01, 03 mat, 08
TBC		Gretel	2015 Jan 01, 03 mat
Carolyn Sproule	Soprano	Sandman
Christine Rice	Mezzo-soprano	Hänsel	2014 Dec 18, 23 mat, 27, 30 mat, 2015 Jan 01, 03 mat
Jennifer Johnson Cano	Mezzo-soprano	Hänsel	2015 Jan 08
Robert Brubaker	Tenor	Witch
Dwayne Croft	Baritone	Peter / Father

Reviews of Hänsel und Gretel directed by Richard Jones

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Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, February 2015

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Nationaltheater, Munich, November 2014

Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, January 2008

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A sinister fairy tale Hänsel and Gretel

Ako Imamura, 19th December

The Met's holiday special, Hänsel und Gretel, is a treat not only for young children but for adults with its sophisticated music, excellent singing ensemble and orchestra playing, as well as its witty production.

****1